voluble

UK /ˈvɒl.jʊ.bəl/ US /ˈvɑl.jə.bəl/
adj 4

Definitions

adj

1

Fluent or having a ready flow of speech.

A moſt acute Iuuvenal, voluble and free of grace, […]

What fun shone in his eyes as he recalled some of her fine speeches, and repeated them, imitating her voluble delivery!

2

Of thoughts, feelings, or something that is expressed: expressed readily or at length and in a fluent manner.

Thus farr the occaſion of this diſcours againſt Tumults; now to the diſcours itſelf, voluble anough, and full of ſentence, but that, for the moſt part, either ſpecious rather then ſolid, or to his cauſe nothing pertinent.

He heard[…]the voice of the drunken woman, now sober, poured out in voluble remorse, and in voluble promise of amendment for the future, to every one who passed, if they would let her off easy.

3

Easily rolling or turning; having a fluid, undulating motion.

Seen from the west, their sky-line gallops away north and south like a sea-serpent in voluble motion.

4

Twisting and turning like a vine.

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